Window chair and step.



A. RICHTER.

WINDOW CHAIR AND STEP.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 16, 1912.

1,070,181. Patented Aug. 12,1913.

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' AUGUST RICHTER, OF WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW CHAIR AND STEP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Application filed April 16, 1912. Serial No. 691,111.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUsT RICHTER, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of lVeehawken, county of Hudson,and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in lVindow Chairs and Steps, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined. window chairs andsteps, and particularly to that class adapted for use in connection withcleaning the windows in dwelling houses. Its objects are, first, toprovide means whereby the interior of an ordinary window is renderedaccessible to a person operating on it from within the building, andsecond, to provide means combined whereby the exterior of such windowsare readily reached from the outside. These objects are attained by thenovel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described andshown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of myinvention, illustrating its application to the outside of a window. Fig.2 is a sectional detail of construction. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewindicating its use as a step, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of theapparatus folded or closed for storage or transportation.

The device comprises a pair of light cleats 10, disposed parallel belowa chair seat 11, to which they are firmly secured by means of bolts 12and 13; the cleats 10 have on their lower sides metal straps 14,extending from the rear to the front, where they are bent over the end,thence outwardly to a point beyond, where they are folded uponthemselves, forming a plate 15, and a hole 16, made therethrough; theupper members of the straps are extended rearwardly in such a manner asto embrace the cleats 10, the bolts 12 and 13, passing through bothmembers as well as the chair seat and cleats, At the rear end of thecleats are attached, by hinges 17 struts 18, normally disposed at anangle and further connected to the cleats by pivoted link members 19 and20, so arranged that when the struts are folded the back can takerelative to the seat is con-- trolled by the length of the flexiblesupports 24, which are attached to the sides of the chair and its backrespectively as at 25 and 26. At the extreme outer ends of the cleats10, and to the rear of the chair seat 11, is rigidly attached a platformor step 27, disposed in substantially the same plane as the chair-backwhen the latter is eX- tended; this step is brought into use by foldingthe chair-back against the seat, which is turned so as to assume aVertical position, the plates 15 and cross-bar 21 at that time restingon the floor, the struts extended and the step horizontal. In thisposition it may be made use of for any purpose that a step might berequired as well as in adjusting or cleaning windows from the inside.

When it is desired to use the device on the outside of a window a pairof stout hooks 28, are secured on the outer sill of the window casing,in register with the openings 16, formed in the straps 14, which arehung thereon, the cross-bar 21 resting against the outside of thebuilding as indicated in Fig. 1. This provides a safe and comfortablemeans for sustaining a person engaged at work upon the window andobviously is easy to move from window to window, each being previouslyprovided with similar hooks.

When not in actual use the device may be compactly folded and occupies arelatively small space.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In a device of the class described, a seat,cleats extending along its side edges on its bottom, metallic strapsbetween said seat and cleats, said straps being bent double In testimonywhereof I have signed my upon themselves at then forward protrudname totlns speclficatlon 1n the presence of 111g ends W1th eyes formedtherethrough, two subscrlblng wltnesses.

and extending rearwardly partially en- AUGUST RICHTER. shrouding saidcleats and a platform rigidly itnessesz affixed transversely across theends of said Rosn GOLD-KLANG,

cleats. l VARREN E. WILLIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

